Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b5a85fbb71cb40b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:59:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f0065129fdbd034fd178df1b1b0bc262 SHA-1: d068d9183071bc0e66d2d53b26314b0cf65fd98b SHA-256: 4b5a85fbb71cb40bee0441cae4d327dcbba56f5559164fdd6b3bd57ed08e2698
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' suggests it's designed as a screenshot to trick users into clicking, likely to download a second-stage payload or redirect to a phishing site. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=class+10+sst+political+science+chapter+1+notes PDF link annotation
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/94641400254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarylaspalmas.org/documentos/file/92085092127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prabashproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99218041467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72cb284261---94552924977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springgalleryng.com/Images_upload/files/vawaxigapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zafirkort.com/uploads/files/dibozagamobuseregeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a413af0b593---zevabir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6825813fc8aeed8025aed77a14113037/46752855670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e52d8874ca1181d11ccb6030a89150b2/bitetegopovisebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608023488e03c---90388768999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/pijituxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carzip.biz/files/uploads/files/lurimivopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/xosojozitojakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusbetaja2.com/contents//files/60112931745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fkmk9lhhs9d5gen4v3hvei18n/94961712209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trinkhorn.org/userfiles/bekavatulejubosekowawok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xazuxukudisegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/il7l3ecrgar3v0tv4b9b1a7phn/visalozubaxanapedas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/dejesitodoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-label.com/upload/files/nunuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/bemovepido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b612e70e0aa---pagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/xonomowetatidiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/daxajono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b847.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB847 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d05e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD05E 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 3c2375a0e4c27dafc7e655559ff2a870e23f3890cd18195435db4b1e495c9bac
font_02_sfnt_off0000e8d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D0 14276 bytes
SHA-256: 2aea6ba5756404f1848ca56f82ba7cfc799fd333736da41feec658bfa1de99b3